Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



,;r. MAJoRs & R. 1 FITZGERALD.

METALLIC TIB AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.16. 1908.

v Patented' May 4,1909.

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@unanimi JOHN MAJORS AND ROBERT l. FITZGERALD, OF CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA.

,i METALLIC TIE AND BAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October 16, 1908.

T o all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN MAJons and Itonnnr l?. FrrzennALn, citizens of the United States oit' America, residing at Charleroi, in the county ot' lVashingtou and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Metallic Ties and ail-l*`asteiiers, ot' which the following is a specification, reference being hadtheren to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to metallic ties and rail fasteners, and the primary object ot our invention is to provide a strong and durable metallic tie for supporting rails, the tie being tamped and firmly held in the ballast of a road bed.

Another objecto't oml invention is to provide a novel rail fastener' in connection with our tio 'for preventing lateral and vertical displacennntv of the rails mounted thereon.

.l still 't'urther object ot' our invention is 1 the provision ol' novel means tor securing lhe connection ot two rails upon a tie. whereby the rail connor-tion or joint cannot shit't relative to said tie.

The present invention is an .improvement upon our metallic tie tor which application was tiled )lay `14th. 1907. `Serial No. 373,600,

and allowed June 13th, 1908. the present iinprovement relating particularly to the rail tastener usedin connection with the tie.

' 'With the abovi` and other objects in view which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in thil novel construction, combination and arrangement otf .parts to be presently described and then speciiically clainred.

In the drawings :-I1`igurc l, is a side elevation ot the tie and rail fastener constructed iu accordance with our invention and partly brokcna vvay, Fig. 9.- is an end view of our tie, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view ofi the saine illustrating the rail fastener, `Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view ot the'tie and rail fastener partly broken away, Fig. 5 is an elevation of a splice bar forming part of the fastener, and Figli is a longitudinal sectional view of a'portion of the tie and rail fastenerillustrating a modification of our invention.

To put our invention into practice, we provide atie of the eye-beam construction, the said tie comprising a base 1, a web 2, and a head 3, said head being enlarged at the ends of the tie, as at 4, and reinforced by vertical jointed by splice Patented May 4, 1909.

Serial No. 458,015.

oppositely disposed ribs 5, connecting the enlarged ends of the head with the base of the tie. The enlarged ends of the head 3 are cut away, s at 6, to provide seats for rails 7.

When a rail is to be simply fastened upon the seat 6, the scat is formed to provide an over-hanging ledge 8 for engaging the inner base tlange 9 of the rail 7, and the outer base tlange l() ol said rail is held by a fastening block l l. htaclialily mounted upon the seat G by bolts l2 and nuts 13. r1`he bolts 12 extend upwardly through the enlarged ends of the head :l and the nuts 13 are screwed upon the upper ends oi said bolts. f

In order to place the Jfastening block 11 in position, it is necessary to slide the same in 'trom one side ot the tie on account of. the beveled end l-il ot' the seat 6, this beveled end preventing vertical displacement of the asl bolts ll and nuts 13.

In this torni of fastener, we reserve theright to use the overhanging ledge 8 at' the outer end o1 the tie to engage the outer Hnge l() of the rail 7, while the fastening blockll is used to tasten the inner tlanoe- 9 of said rail. This arrangement is best .Shown at the right hand side of Fig. 1 of the drawings, and is used in connection with thecontront'l `ing-ends ot' two rails that are to be joined upon the tie. l

The confronting ends .of the rails 7 are bars 15 connected to said rails by bolts 16 and nuts 17. The splice bars 15 are cut away, as at 18, to clear the ledge 8 and the fastening block 11, said splice bars when engaging said ledge and the fastening block preventing the ends -of the rails 7 from shift-ing upon the tie.

lly reference to Fig. 1y of the drawings, it will be observed ,that the overhanging ledge and the fastening block embrace the base flanges of'the rails just the saine as thouoh a single rail was fastened upon the tie without the nso of splice bars,"but should it be desired that the splice bars embrace the entire web of the rail 7, the overhanging ledge and the fastening block 11 van be cut away to provide clearance for the lower edges of the splice bars, as best shown in Fie: 6 of the drawings.

llhile in the drawings forming a art of this application there is illustrated tlie preferred embodiments of our invention, we would have it understood that the same can mil fastener, the

inn' ille enle'gefi enfs of he henri. lieyeof, ille eniznfgee ends of said head hmmg sente formed l'iel'ein lo!" enil mils, an overhangH ledge fol'n'iing part of eaeh Seat for en 1J 'lie lznfie f of seid rails, nV fee ng bloei; mf. l in eeen seni: fm' enl; Qing ne liee' lzlnffes of Said rfi-ils, Snlee bare loi eenneengK two off' Suid mile 'upon Said Sent, said splice 'oeufs having fille lower edges (hereof eut n 'n .y lo provide clearance "for seid ledge and seid zisening bleek, ineens extending \f'e1 tieally tlnfongli 'the enlneiged heed of sind tie .lof holding seid ietening blocks Vin engagement theiewitli, and ineens independent of ille liest menliiinei'l menne for' prevenlnmy xrilienl displacement of seid fastening blocks.

"l ,in n metallic lie and rail fastener, the mnlnnznion with mils7 of ai, lne of the eyebeznn eonst1'inifi'i-on,said lie eoniprieing e beste, n web, :1nd n henri provided with leinfoewl ei'llzn'geil ende. verlienl ribs errungen upon on said iie foi' supporting the einlringeii'ends ef iilie need thereof, ine enlergef'l ends of said heini having Seals formed lluevein for sind milfs, an overlnlnging ledge fornidie confronting ends or" mounted in enen lower edgeg li ingparl, of each seat for engaging the base flanges o3" said mils,

seat for engaging thebnse flanges oll seid i'ziils. splice bers for connecting the. confronting ends of two of Suid mils upon Suid se 1 seid splice bars. having die reel ent. nwny lo provide clearance i'or iil .ledge und Suid fastening bleek, nucl innm extending' vertically throng-l1 Ll1e"e`11i;u.fed enel4 of the lieud of said tie feel )Illing Said fastening liloi'ks in engagement there Vith.

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,eoinbinaiion willi mile, of :1. lie o ll the eyesnld me comprising'A :x1

benin emn4lmel'iinn liaise, :i n 7 :nifl zx heeel provided Wiilx 1-ein- ,l'oreefi enlengg'ei'l enfle, Vertical ribe nijlengeil nnen femmine es o1 sind lie for Supper(- ingv l'lie enh nl enilfs oifllie liencl iliei'eol", lelie enlmg'eiil ends of said bend having;- seuls formell llrerein ler enicl rails, am overhang-- ine' ledge ljnining perlof enen sul For' engagging {,lie lnise linng'es 'of sind rails, n feelening` bleek inountefl in each :sent for enga ine; lne 'nase Hngen of said rails, nie-nis extending vertieelly rlnimgh 'lne enlarged heini o1" :mid lie for' holding sei-ff fastening 'blocks in eilgjngfelnent therewith, und nienns independen!` of the first mentioned nemns For presenln'lp; vertical displaeen'ieni of seid fastening iiloels,

afasiening block f 

